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Stabilization of benzene radical anion in ammonia clusters†
Andriy Pysanenko,Stefan Bergmeister,Paul Scheier,Michal Fárník
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 11/02/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2CP02979K
Abstract

We investigate electron attachment to large ammonia clusters doped with a single benzene (Bz) molecule (NH3)N·Bz, [N with combining macron] ≈ 320. Negatively charged clusters are probed by mass spectrometry, and the energy-dependent ion yields are derived from mass spectra measured at different electron energies. The ion efficiency curves of pure ammonia clusters exhibit two maxima. At around 6 eV, (NH3)n−1NH2 ions are produced via dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to NH3 molecules. (NH3)n ions produced at this energy are formed by DEA followed by fragment caging. At low energies around 1.3 eV, only (NH3)n ions are formed for cluster sizes n ≥ 35 that correspond to solvated electrons in ammonia clusters. The doped (NH3)n·Bz cluster ions exhibit essentially the same energy dependence. The (NH3)n·Bz ions are metastable and evaporate NH3 molecule(s), while pure (NH3)n ions are stable. The lifetime for NH3 molecule evaporation from the Bz-doped clusters was estimated as τ ≈ 18 μs. We interpret the metastability of the doped clusters by the charge localization on a Bz ion solvated in the ammonia, which is accompanied by an energy release leading to the evaporation of NH3 molecule(s).

Graphical abstract: Stabilization of benzene radical anion in ammonia clusters
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